Thajské ovoce, zelenina a bylinky
Ovoce
Mapud / mundu
มะพูด
Méně běžné thajské ovoce มะพูด (Garcinia dulcis), známé také jako mundu/yellow mangosteen. Zralý plod má žlutou až oranžovou barvu a šťavnatou sladkokyselou dužinu; nezralý plod se v doloženém thajském použití používá také jako kyselící surovina.
Jak ji poznat
- Habit
- medium evergreen tree in Clusiaceae/Garcinia
- Fruit
- round to ovoid fruit up to about 6.5 cm in Thai botanical records; unripe green, ripe bright yellow to yellow-orange; yellow soft/juicy flesh with 2–5 hard seeds
- Consumer identity
- Thai มะพูด = Garcinia dulcis (Roxb.) Kurz
Jedlá část: ripe fruit flesh/pulp, unripe sour fruit flesh in documented culinary use
Běžně se nejí: 2–5 hard seeds are not part of the normal eating guidance in this profile
Jak chutná
- Chuť
- sweet-sour when ripe; unripe fruit distinctly sour
- Textura
- ripe yellow flesh is soft and juicy
Použití v kuchyni
- ripe fresh fruit
- sour unripe fruit as a culinary acidulant
- processed juice
- fruit leather/paste documented as a sold processed form
Sezóna a dostupnost
- Guidance
- Thai university sources place fruiting roughly from May through July: KKU material says fruit around May–June, while Kasetsart University Biodiversity DB records fruit in June–July.
Kde se pěstuje
- Regiony
- southeastern Thailand, southern Thailand
Skladování
- Guidance
- No exact universal household shelf-life was recovered for fresh Garcinia dulcis. Because the ripe flesh is described as soft and juicy, use sound ripe fruit promptly. Thai university material documents juice and fruit-leather/paste processing as established longer-keeping forms.
Bezpečnost
- Thai government/university sources explicitly document ripe fruit as eaten fresh and unripe fruit as a culinary souring ingredient.
- Normal consumer guidance is limited to fruit flesh; the hard seeds are separated rather than promoted for eating.
- No therapeutic dose, extract, seed remedy or medicinal claim is included in this consumer food profile.